Zeng Shuiyuan was not satisfied with the assignment of the Third Army at first. He always felt that there was a kind of ruffianism in the Third Army. The soldiers talked arrogantly and the officers behaved exaggeratedly. Sometimes people would gather to gamble, and the superior officers would either gamble together or open their mouths.

He closed one eye and complained to the King of Han several times about this. Li Yunzhong was persuaded by him and felt that the combat effectiveness of the third army used as the main force should not be inferior to that of the first army. The second army was too far behind, so he instructed Zeng Shuiyuan.

It can be done cheaply.

After receiving the "imperial edict", Zeng Shuiyuan carried out drastic reforms. First, he dismissed half of the grassroots officers and held a martial arts competition. The dismissed people refused to accept and wanted to cause trouble. Unexpectedly, the officers and soldiers below did not care about them at all. Everyone was gearing up to gain fame.

Zeng Shuiyuan, who was not satisfied with watching, even took the stage in person, and stipulated that the person who defeated him would be a high official, those who could go a few rounds could also be a small official, and the others could only be small soldiers.

In this way, after the army was reorganized, all the officers of the Third Army knew how powerful he was. Even the division commanders Zhou Guotai and He Lu were beaten several times by him, and they all immediately became more honest.

Zhou Guotai ran over panting and sweating profusely: "The terrain of this bunker city is a bit high. Many brothers slipped and rolled down before they even touched the gate. I don't know why He Lu and the others attacked Long Neck.

how's it going?"

After taking a breath and taking a sip of water, Zhou Guotai continued: "Commander, why don't we work together to defeat the Dragon Neck Camp first, and then go back to attack the bunker city?"

Zeng Shuiyuan shook his head and said: "Dragon's Neck and Bunker City are the horns of each other. They must be separated, otherwise the two places will support each other."

Zhou Guotai worriedly said: "There is only one day left before the time stipulated by the King of Han to meet at Xiaolingwei. If we still..."

Zeng Shuiyuan waved his hand and interrupted: "The Qing army in Bunker City is also having a hard time. By the way, what happened to the two hundred foreign rifles assigned to us by His Highness the King of Han?"

Zhou Guotai didn't understand why the army commander suddenly mentioned them. He thought for a while and replied: "Those kids are behind you. Be obedient. Tell them not to run around. They have always been in that place."

Zeng Shuiyuan obviously didn't value those kids, and his knowledge of foreign guns was limited to Huo Tong, so he said to Zhou Guotai: "Ask them to fire guns outside the bunker. It will distract the enemy to some extent, and it will be easier to attack this way."

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Zhou Guotai said: "Now I really have no choice but to drive the ducks to the shelves. I will transfer them to the shelves right away."

Huang Huangwen finally received the order for his musketeers to attack. Although he only asked them to fire guns outside the bunker city, Huanghuangwen had already understood the terrain around the bunker city and led all the musketeers to climb up the bunker city.

The high ground on the right, so that the front line of the bunker city is within the range of the muskets, ordered to aim at the enemy and fire freely.

Watching their comrades fall to foreign guns one by one, they could only watch helplessly as the enemy continued to shoot without any chance of stopping. After the generals commanding the front line were killed, the Qing army finally collapsed.

Zhou Guotai watched happily as the musketeers beat the Qing soldiers to a halt, waving his hands for the soldiers behind him to continue attacking. When the Qing army collapsed, the third army also naturally attacked the bunker city.

After Zeng Shuiyuan broke through the bunker city, he led his army to Longneck, 2 miles away, joined He Lu, and used the same method to attack the Qing army camp. The Qing army was trapped in the valley and had no fighting spirit. In the end, all

surrender.

Xiang Rong felt more and more that the end of the Jiangnan Camp was coming. News came from everywhere that the camp had been breached. A total of more than 30,000 people had been lost in the past two days. Now only Zhang Guoliang and Yu Wanqing, who were guarding Longtan, were left guarding Xianhemen.

Pan An was also in dire straits, and he sent several requests for help and a breakout, all of which were rejected by him.

Fuxing smiled bitterly and said: "I didn't expect that the rebel army would be so powerful. Since the attack, it has been overwhelming. Now the Jiangnan Camp has been divided into three sections. Longtan and Xianhemen are one section, and our Xiaoling Guard and Seven Bridges Urn are also one section.

, Lishui, Liyang, and Jurong are one section. Which section do you think the rebels will destroy first?"

Wang Jun shook his head, his face was ashen, and he said in despair: "The Xiaoling Guard is only five miles away from Chaoyang Gate of Nanjing, and it is the headquarters of the Jiangnan Camp. It has not as many troops as the other two places. Of course the rebels will first..."

Xiang Rong slapped the case hard and said angrily: "Look how scared you are, if you continue to disturb the morale of the army, you will be killed without mercy."

After a while, Wang Jun whispered: "The spies just came to report that some rebels have occupied Xiaoshuiguan."

Xiang Rong felt a burst of annoyance in his heart, and his head was dizzy. He said bitterly: "The area near Xiaoshuiguan is the place we must pass when we retreat to Su Chang. It is also the place where Zhang Guoliang and the others will pass by when they return. What should you say?"

what to do?"

Fuxing said: "Why don't we retreat to Qiqiaoweng and go to Lishui?"

Xiang Rong said: "Zhang Guoliang and Pan An's tens of thousands of troops are just meat on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered by others. When the emperor blames them, no one can afford it."

Wang Jun said: "Then we still need to rescue them? It's just that we can't save ourselves, so how can we rescue them? It's better to let them break out individually, and we can all join together in Suzhou."

Xiang Rong couldn't think of any good way, so he agreed: "Let Zhang Guoliang and Pan An join forces to attack Xiaoshui Pass. We will prepare to withdraw to Qiqiao Weng tonight."

Everyone understands that if you are a dead Taoist friend rather than a poor Taoist, if you break out first, your success rate will be much higher. If you let Zhang Guoliang and the others hold back the pursuers from behind, your success rate will be even higher.

June 10th was the day when Li Yunzhong gathered his three armies to attack Xiaolingwei. Shi Dakai and Zeng Shuiyuan led their troops to join them one after another.

Li Yunzhong hit the target and the cannon fired with all its strength. The musketeers moved forward to cover, and the army moved forward to attack the camp.

Shi Dakai frowned and looked at the camp, which was not resolutely resisting, and said to Li Yunzhong: "The situation is not right. How could we get in so easily? Is there a scam?"

After a while, Zeng Shuiyuan, who was in charge of attacking the camp, reported that there were only more than ten thousand old and weak people left in the camp, and Xiang Rong and others withdrew with four thousand elites last night.

Li Yunzhong felt lost, as if he was punching cotton with a hard fist.

Zeng Shuiyuan said happily: "The Jiangnan camp is really vulnerable. From now on, our Han army can attack Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi with confidence. Congratulations to the King of Han, you have achieved your wish."

Shi Dakai said: "The Qing soldiers are at Xianhemen, and there are tens of thousands of troops in Longtan Town. Should we go and intercept them now?"

Li Yunzhong said: "The city of Nanjing is somewhat empty now. The Third Army will send one division back to the city first, and the rest will follow me to intercept Zhang Guoliang."

Zeng Shuiyuan became excited and said: "Zhang Guoliang is very brave. He often comes to provoke me. I didn't expect him to be like this."
Chapter completed!